Create innovative, sustainable products and solutions, and foster a culture that empowers employees to operate safely, sustainably, and responsibly. Our commitment to ethics and integrity is a competitive advantage and a way to differentiate ourselves to our customers, partners, shareholders, and employees.
Employee Health & Safety
- Our vision remains zero work-related injuries and illnesses
- We met our best-in-class Recordable Case Rate (RCR) goal of 0.27 at the corporate level in 2024
- In 2024, five regulatory agency visits (at country and local levels), all resulted in zero citations or fines
- We improved our ISO 45001-certified health and safety management system by refining our digital employee health and safety platform
- Enhanced ergonomic improvements globally, including adding AMR carts in Twinsburg, OH, to replace manual movement of carts. Product design changes enabled increased hand access and visibility and resolved back and side bending concerns during assembly in Canada, Poland, and China resulting in reduced ergonomic risks and enhanced productivity.
Culture
Our four culture principles are embedded into our enterprise-wide business objectives with executive compensation tied to the successful evolution of our culture. These principles describe the values that bring our vibrant culture to life.
- Strengthen our commitment to integrity, diversity, and inclusion
- Be willing to compare ourselves to the best alternatives
- Increase the speed of decision making
- Have a steady stream of fresh ideas
Employee Engagement
Our annual Global Voices employee engagement survey offers Rockwell meaningful input on how to improve our employees’ experience.
- In 2024, more than 24,000 employees completed the survey
- Our ethics feedback consistently scored above the global benchmark. Our 2024 scores remained steady and strong, at 80—six points better than the general industry.
- Throughout the year, leaders prioritized not only areas targeted for improvement based on survey scores, but also continued to focus on building trust and belonging
Our Strengths
- I understand how my job contributes to the company's strategic priorities and goals.
- I feel able to be myself at work.
- Rockwell has a great culture.
- Rockwell provides a safe working environment
- Rockwell is committed to making the world more sustainable.
Environment
We are driving toward carbon neutral with higher quality insights.
In 2024:
- Our company data is the most comprehensive yet and provides visibility into our recent acquisitions and Sensia, our joint venture
- Scope 1 and Scope 2 carbon emissions decreased on an absolute and normalized measure
- Scope 3 emissions from our value chain represent 99% of our total carbon footprint, and we continue to iterate our scope 3 inventory management plan
- Completed a double materiality assessment
- On track to report with CSRD and SBTi by the end of 2025
- 28 sites certified to ISO 14001 and ISO 45001
Designing for sustainability: progress with packaging
Before
After
Before
Reducing plastics in the waste stream
The redesign of PanelView packaging will divert 78,000 lbs annually from the waste stream. Made from 100% recycled polyethylene, the packaging stretches to fit various screen sizes, cutting the number of foam packaging parts needed per product from 14 to 2.
In 2024, we met a key packaging goal: 90% reduction in use of non-recyclable packaging foams. By shifting to recycled-grade packaging materials that can be recycled again, Rockwell eliminated 198,000 pounds of annual use of non-recyclable polyurethane foam. The team continues to evaluate legacy packaging materials such as plastics used for bags and stretch wrap.
| CATEGORY | GOAL FOR FY26 | FY24 STATUS |
|---|---|---|
| Renewable Resources | All new product packaging made from sustainable/renewable resources to enable recycling by the end user | COMPLETE - All new packaging is from sustainable/renewable sources |
| Sustainable Forestry Certification | Source 100% of paper and wood packaging stocks from suppliers with sustainable forestry certifications | 83% of suppliers provided certifications |
| Corrugated: Recycled Content | Recycled content to be 50% or higher | COMPLETE - All corrugated has up to 70% recycled content |
| Plastic: Recycled Content | Minimum 35% recycled content for bags | 10% of bags have 35% recycled content |
| 100% recycled content for thermoformed packaging | COMPLETE - All thermoforms have 100% recycled packaging | |
| Packaging Foam Reduction | Reduce annual weight of nonrecycled or recyclable packaging foams by 75% | COMPLETE - 75% reduction (198K annual lbs. reduced) |
| Returnable Supply Chain Packaging | Create returnable packaging where feasible for high volume parts, products, or customer orders | Evaluate legacy containerization strategy inbound to Rockwell Distribution Centers |
More sustainable products
Last year, Rockwell launched a Design for Sustainability and Circularity (DfSC) Program making our products more sustainable and ready to meet new standards and requirements such as the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR). The DfSC Scorecard is embedded in the Rockwell development process as part of our Quality teams Design for Excellence Program.
DfSC Scorecard results complement Product Life Cycle Assessments on Rockwell products to provide a holistic view of our product environmental impacts. The Product Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) determines the quantified environmental impacts associated with all life cycle stages of a product.
Responsible Supply Chain
Dedicated third-party risk management team
In 2024, we worked directly with suppliers to verify compliance and create a dedicated team focused on managing third-party risk regarding current environmental, social, and governance (ESG) needs and emerging regulations.
In 2023, we adopted the Responsible Business Alliance’s (RBA) Code of Conduct (CoC) as a guideline for updates to our own Supplier Code of Conduct and in 2024, we piloted a supplier survey to benchmark suppliers against the RBA CoC. We will issue the survey more widely in 2025.
Socially responsible leadership
A diverse, ethical, socially responsible, environmentally sound, and sustainable supply chain is important to us. We partner with organizations that share our commitment to these values and believe that all suppliers should manage and report their social and environmental objectives.
Supplier Diversity
$183M
spent with diverse suppliers including small, veteran, minority, women and LGBTQ-owned businesses in FY24
$106M
of this spend was Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprises
We believe the key to sustainability is information. Every day, we help tens of thousands of global customers achieve productivity and sustainability goals with data-driven solutions. Together we’re expanding our ability to make a positive impact on the world.
